The CCHA announced Monday its 2021-22 all-rookie team. 2021-22 CCHA All-Rookie Team F – Bradley Marek, Ferris State – 16 points F – Austen Swankler, Bowling Green – (13) F – Josh Nixon, Lake Superior State – (12) D – Eric Parker, Bowling Green – (12) D – Bennett Zmolek, Minnesota State – (9) G … Read more
For the eighth consecutive week, Minnesota State is the No. 1 team in the DCU/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. The Mavericks earned 46 first-place votes in this week’s rankings. Spots two through seven remain the same as a week ago, with Minnesota, Denver, Michigan, North Dakota, Quinnipiac and Western Michigan ranked, respectively. Minnesota, Michigan, Denver … Read more
Minnesota State is once again on top of the DCU/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, picking up 46 first-place votes in this week’s poll. Minnesota again sits No. 2 with one first-place vote, while Denver stays No. 3, also with a first-place vote, Michigan is up one to No. 4, getting one first-place vote, and North … Read more
The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced the men’s players of the month for Feb. 2022. Denver’s Bobby Brink takes home player of the month honors, while Minnesota’s Rhett Pitlick is rookie of the month and Minnesota State netminder Dryden McKay has been named goalie of the month. Brink put up strong numbers against a strong … Read more
The Mason Cup is back. After a nine-year absence, the CCHA will award the championship trophy once again to the winner of its conference tournament, which begins with quarterfinal action this week. The trophy, named after famed Bowling Green, Lake Superior State and Michigan State coaching legend Ron Mason, was created in 2001. “We were … Read more
Minnesota State garnered 48 first-place votes this week and remains the top team in the DCU/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Minnesota vaults two spots to No. 2 and picked up one first-place vote, while Denver stays No. 3, North Dakota is up three to No. 4, and Michigan falls three to sit fifth this week. … Read more
With 38 first-place votes this week, Minnesota State is again the top-ranked team in the DCU/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Michigan (10 first-place votes) and Denver (two first-place votes) remain the No. 2- and No. 3-ranked teams, respectively. Minnesota is up one to No. 4, followed by Quinnipiac down one to No. 5, Western Michigan … Read more
Minnesota State has retained the No. 1 ranking in this week’s DCU/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, getting 30 first-place votes. Quinnipiac stays No. 2, picking up 12 first-place votes, while Denver moves up one to No. 3 with four first-place votes and Michigan drops one spot to No. 4, also garnering four first-place votes this … Read more
It’s already February, which I understand seems strange to everyone (if there’s anything the pandemic has taught us, it’s that time is essentially meaningless). But it’s true. It’s February, which means there’s just one month of CCHA regular season left until the playoffs. And because it’s almost the postseason, it’s about time that we start … Read more
With 20 first-place votes this week, Minnesota State regains the top spot in the DCU/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Former No. 1 Quinnipiac picked up 18 first-place votes and falls to No. 2 this week. Western Michigan is up one to No. 3 and garnered eight first-place votes, while Michigan drops one to fourth, getting … Read more
In the midst of one of their most dominant seasons in recent memory, the Minnesota State Mavericks last week found out they were going to be without their head coach for a fortnight in February. Under the circumstances, though, the Mavericks are just fine with this. MSU’s Mike Hastings was recently named an assistant coach … Read more
With 42 first-place votes, Minnesota State is the top-ranked team in the DCU/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll for the fourth straight week. Quinnipiac remains No. 2 with five first-place nods and Western Michigan is again third in the poll. Michigan moves up two spots to No. 4 and garnered three first-place votes. DCU/USCHO.com Division I … Read more
USA Hockey announced today the men’s Olympic team assistant coaches for the 2022 games in Beijing that will work under head coach David Quinn. The assistants currently with NCAA hockey teams include Minnesota State head coach Mike Hastings, St. Cloud State head coach Brett Larson and Penn State video coach Alex Dawes. In addition, Scott … Read more
The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced its men’s college hockey national players of the month for December. Denver’s Brett Stapley is the player of the month, followed by Wisconsin’s Corson Ceulemans as the national rookie of the month and Minnesota State’s Dryden McKay the top goaltender. Stapley went for five goals and nine points in … Read more
With 43 first-place votes this week, Minnesota State remains the top team in the DCU/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Quinnipiac is again No. 2, getting the other seven first-place votes in this week’s poll. Western Michigan is up one to No. 3, St. Cloud State moves up three to No. 4, and North Dakota holds … Read more
For the second week in a row, Minnesota State is the No. 1-ranked team in the DCU/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Poll, garnering 37 first-place votes in this week’s rankings. Quinnipiac stays No. 2, getting 12 first-place votes, while Michigan stays No. 3 and Western Michigan is again fourth. North Dakota rounds out the … Read more
A quick look up and down Bemidji State’s roster would reveal a lot of familiar names: Ethan Somoza. Owen Sillinger. Alex Ierullo. Tyler Kirkup. All have been contributing to the BSU program consistently since their freshmen seasons, and their presence in the lineup this year — a few back for an extra year of eligibility … Read more
Losing isn’t usually the norm for a Bob Daniels-coached team. The Ferris State head coach has been behind the bench for 29 seasons. He’s guided his Bulldogs teams to three conference titles, four NCAA tournament appearances and one Frozen Four in that time frame. The usual expectation for the Bulldogs is to be competitive at … Read more
When members of the media were looking at the teams in the newly-reconstituted CCHA this fall as we started to do our preseason picks and previews, one team made it easiest on everybody. And maybe it wasn’t the team you think. Have your guesses in? It might shock you to know that it was Michigan … Read more
It might have been reasonable to assume at the start of the 2021-22 season that Lake Superior State might have some issues scoring goals this year. After all, the Lakers lost four of their top five scorers (Ashton Calder, Pete Veillette, Hampus Eriksson and Will Reidell) either to graduation or the NCAA transfer portal (in … Read more